Race Highlights _ 2023 Canadian Grand Prix
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00:00And the Canadian Grand Prix is go! Max Verstappen's got a good start.
00:07So has Lewis Hamilton, straight up to second position.
00:09Past Fernando Alonso, he goes.
00:11Watch Ocon trying to improve as well now.
00:13Can he get to the inside of the Haas?
00:14Verstappen, then Hamilton.
00:16Russell trying to out-drag Fernando Alonso,
00:18who's fighting the car as he gets on the power.
00:20This will be close for third place as we go into Turn 3.
00:23Alonso loses a position.
00:25It is Verstappen, then Hamilton, then Alonso.
00:27Will they all fight their way through?
00:29It's a position gain for Ocon.
00:31He did make it up to fifth place.
00:32Perez in the thick of it as well, in the midfield on those hard tyres.
00:35But the gainer there is Hamilton.
00:37Got great traction off the line, on his mediums,
00:40and just got the drive down the inside of Alonso.
00:42There was nothing the Spaniard could do about Lewis Hamilton getting to second place.
00:46And he did well, actually, to keep Russell back.
00:48Ferrari in a red bull, that's Sainz and Perez.
00:50Sainz trying to go around the outside.
00:52Does he have the room?
00:53Oh, it's a miracle he made that corner.
00:55But he went over the kerb, and that gives the place back to Sergio Perez.
00:59Still they go wheel-to-wheel.
01:01Better traction off the corner.
01:02Oh, and into the wall!
01:04Into the wall goes Magnussen, who has to rejoin.
01:06And he finds himself dropping down.
01:09Doesn't look to be damaged, but he's lost a place to the home favourite.
01:13And this was the move for Carlos Sainz,
01:15trying to improve past, and he did get past the red bull,
01:18as avoiding action taken by the hass of Kevin Magnussen.
01:22Stop the car. Park the car.
01:24Parking the car.
01:25Critical message.
01:27Logan Sargent out of the Grand Prix.
01:31We see the move from Piastri on Hülkenberg.
01:33I love a bit of that.
01:35Nice move from the Australian rookie to the inside.
01:38And the crowd loved it.
01:41Oh, George Russell has hit the barrier.
01:44There's front wing further back down the racetrack.
01:47And Russell, in this gaggle of the top four,
01:50has made contact with the wall on the exit of 9.
01:53Got a right rear puncture.
01:54He's obviously got the front wing hanging off.
01:56He might be able to get that round to the pits.
01:58And there's a safety car as well now.
02:00So Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso in the pits for the stops.
02:04Let's just check it's the same order.
02:06Pressure on the crews here.
02:07That's why they practice all the time.
02:09Hamilton was tight ahead of Alonso.
02:11Alonso, hand off the steering wheel.
02:14So he goes into 8.
02:15We're heading to 9 now.
02:16This is the moment.
02:17He's over the kerb.
02:18Yeah, he launched it over the kerb.
02:20Unsettled the rear end and then lost the car.
02:23And was pitched real smack into the wall.
02:27I'd be amazed if he's not done the suspension there as well.
02:31Oh, it's tight.
02:33It's on the limit.
02:35Caution, caution.
02:36You're just ahead, just ahead.
02:39I think that'll be all right.
02:41That's OK.
02:44You had to brake there.
02:45Yeah, it looked pretty dangerous to me.
02:47This is going to be Lando Norris backing it up.
02:50And he's building a gap because at that stage of the race,
02:52his teammate was ahead of him and he dropped back too far.
02:55Norris given that five second penalty.
02:58This is going to be on board with Lando Norris.
03:00We're heading down to turn 10.
03:01It's the hairpin.
03:02Is he just going to launch one?
03:04Look at this from miles back to take the place from his teammate.
03:10And he's had a problem for Bottas.
03:11Either way, he can't keep the place.
03:13We're dueling in the background as well.
03:14Albon had a run.
03:15Off the road goes Oscar Piastri.
03:17He rejoins correctly, but his momentum will be slowed.
03:20And there's an opportunity now.
03:21There's a place gain for Alexander Albon, who's up to 11th.
03:26OK, Kev, we need to drop a place back behind Ocon.
03:29We need to drop back behind Ocon.
03:31It's a safety car if they exit in Frenchman.
03:34OK.
03:35So that message, first of all, to Bottas, then to Magnussen,
03:37and a position's regained for Esteban Ocon,
03:40sorted out nicely by the teams.
03:42And the two drivers who had to let Ocon through,
03:44and suddenly Bottas absolutely torches past the Haas.
03:48Yeah, that was a good opportunistic move then from Bottas.
03:51He's going to have to defend into the next corner.
03:53They're all really, really close and bunched up now.
03:55On board with Norris, looking at the pair of them in the McLaren.
03:58There's a much better tyres around the outside.
04:01Does he have the room?
04:02Oh, that's magnificent from Lando Norris,
04:04all the way around the outside of the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
04:09Now, this is one of the best opportunities
04:11he's had all race long.
04:13Does he dive to the inside?
04:14Fernando Alonso fights his way through,
04:17gets past Lewis Hamilton and takes second place.
04:20But it's not done yet, and he knows it.
04:22He's looking in the left-hand mirror
04:23because Hamilton's trying to retake it.
04:25The two are masters wheel-to-wheel,
04:27and Alonso takes second place.
04:32Here's Nick de Vries.
04:33Here's Nick de Vries with the pass to the inside.
04:35Can he get it slowed down?
04:37Oh, they're close to banging wheels.
04:39Does that open the door for George Russell
04:42to fight his way by?
04:44And after a tough moment earlier on,
04:46Magnussen and de Vries still going at it.
04:48Lock-up and contact again!
04:50They're banging wheels in both corners,
04:52and how do they get out of this one?
04:54Yellow flag is out in the first sector of the racetrack
04:57after two wheel-banging moments in a couple of corners.
05:01So then de Vries goes to the inside,
05:03and then it's just quite rude from de Vries
05:05trying to usher K. Maguire at Turn 2.
05:08So dirty on the inside line there,
05:10just couldn't get the car stopped.
05:11K. Mag then couldn't turn in
05:12because there was an AlphaTauri there,
05:14and look, he just has to turn out in the end.
05:17Sergio Perez trying to rescue another Sunday
05:20for the third race in a row,
05:22but at this track you can overtake,
05:24and he's proving it once again.
05:25It's a pass for Sergio Perez.
05:28I think we're in for some classic Albon defending.
05:30He got the straight line speed.
05:32That's a nice cheer for Alex Albon.
05:34They know what he can do at Williams.
05:36He's had some decent points finishes
05:38from getting his elbows out
05:39and just defending as hard as he can.
05:43Oh, Russell in the Mercedes
05:46finds himself being passed by the gaggle of cars,
05:49and what's the issue for the British driver?
05:52So we think we're going to have to retire this car.
05:54Front left brake wear is too high.
05:58Out of the late lunge,
05:59really late lunge,
06:00Fernando Norris who's done it again.
06:02Does he have the momentum to take the place?
06:04Oh, Norris is so late on the brakes into the hairpin.
06:07The Valtteri Bottas will try to fight back.
06:09Finally, someone is able to force a move in this battle.
06:12Upper place for the moment goes Norris
06:14to P9.
06:15Wheel to wheel into the final chicane,
06:17but it's Norris later on the brakes.
06:19It's Norris going through,
06:21and that's a fine way to get passed.
06:25I almost knocked myself out on that curve.
06:28You know he's relaxed when he's laughing
06:30about this moment over the curve.
06:33The rear wing is loose on the Alpine.
06:35It's going to fall off at some point.
06:37I think it's pretty dangerous.
06:38Understood, we're on it.
06:39Now that is looser than you'd want on the rear of the car.
06:43What that is from Lando Norris is an appeal
06:45to get the black and orange flag being waved at the Alpine,
06:49but that is an unusual sight.
06:51For Red Bull though,
06:53a journey that began in 2005.
06:55We'll see a crowning moment in 2023.
06:59Max Verstappen wins the Canadian Grand Prix.
07:01To give Red Bull their 100th victory in Formula 1.
07:06And now it's Mercedes, Williams, McLaren and Ferrari,
07:10members of the 100 Victory Club.
07:13Alonso has come home in second place.
07:15Hamilton completes the podium in P3.
07:18But it's wheel to wheel all the way to the end.
07:20The McLaren and the Alpine.
07:22Will they have any room?
07:24Norris bails out of it.
07:25And what a defensive drive from Alexander Albon,
07:28who gets his best finish of the season
07:30and just his second point scoring result.
07:33Over the line we go.
07:34And Lance Stroll finds his way past Valtteri Bottas.
07:38Over the line.
07:39They'll both be in the points though.
07:41Stroll P9 at the end.
07:44And Verstappen with an enormous lead
07:46in the World Championship now.
07:48As he matches Ayrton Senna's win total today,
07:51he chases his championship total by the end of the year.